Ilikeagates Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Hello all. While working in Southwestern Kansas (Kiowa or Comanche County) I stumbled upon this little guy that has caused some confusion in my office. I have a few coworkers who are old geology majors and other coworkers (including myself) who are just plain old rock hounds, but we all cant seem to come to an agreement on this find. The rock hounds and I think its a weird piece of petrified wood, with some cool quartz features on the back side. The geo majors are intrigued over the "botryoidal quartz" formation on the back side, along with a very small cluster on the front, and are having a tough time wrapping their heads around that type of formation being on a chunk of petrified wood. One thinks he sees flow marks, but concedes that those marks could also be xylem and phloem... Any ideas out there on what this is? If I need better pictures let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mybowl Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I’m not sure, but it might not be a fossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 looks like a cool rock to me 1 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Show us some other angles such as the ends. It has nice patches of chalcedony. If not wood, it might be a piece of rhyolite or jasper. My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Im going with the Herb team. Looks like a cool rock. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Need better/close up pictures for wood determination. Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Looks like a typical jasper / agate to Me. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Walt Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Looks like jasper to me. No wood grain that I can see. Pretty rock though. Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Neat specimen. I think rock as well but my geology background and my curiousity wants to polish the ends/take a thin section and put it under a scope with polarized light to see what the streaks/banding/internal structure actually shows us. I know some wont want to damage it nor spend the time and I understand why you wouldnt want to go to that extreme. I've destroyed many a fine rock that should have stayed intact but I just had to look . Cool piece! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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